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CANDLEMASS: '20 Year Anniversary Party' DVD Details Revealed

CANDLEMASS filmed its 20th anniversary concert on March 31, 2007 at Stockholm's Kolingsborg for an upcoming DVD, "20 Year Anniversary Party", due on October 22 via Snapper/Peaceville. CANDLEMASS performed with no less than seven (!) different vocalists — including the band's former singers Johan Lan...

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AYREON: New Album Title Announced

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has set "01011001" as the title of its new album, tentatively due in January 2008. More information, including soundclips, is available at this location. "01011001" will feature guest appearances by Daniel Gildenlöw (PAIN OF SALVATIO...

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SANCTITY: 'Beloved Killer' Video Posted Online

SANCTITY's video for the song "Beloved Killer" has been released and can be viewed below (UPDATE: The clip is no longer available; the official video premiere will be announced on RoadrunnerRecords.com later this week). The clip was shot in Asheville, NC with director Ramon Boutviseth. The track com...

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NORTHER: In Mixing Mode

Finnish metallers NORTHER have finished recording their new album at Astia Studios with producer Anssi Kippo. "Despite all the problems with our schedule everything went fine in the end," the band writes on its web site. "We are really damn happy with the results. We are now in Studio Fredman in Hys...

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PAIN OF SALVATION Singer To Guest On New AYREON CD

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted audio samples of the next three guest singers who will appear on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: Daniel Gildenlöw from PAIN OF SALVATION (mp3); Wudstik, a Dutch hip hop and soul artist (mp3...

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24 Illegal Song Downloads Cost U.S. Woman 220,000 Dollars

The Associated Press reports that a single mother who was accused of illegally downloading tracks from OPETH and GUNS N' ROSES (among other artists) has been ordered to pay $220,000 in damages after a federal jury ruled she shared copyrighted music online The jury ordered Jammie Thomas, 30, to pay t...

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Single Mother Accused Of Illegally Downloading OPETH, GUNS N' ROSES Music Fights Back In Court

Times Online reports that a single mother who is accused of illegally downloading tracks from OPETH and GUNS N' ROSES, among other artists, has made legal history by forcing America’s biggest record companies into a costly and potentially embarrassing trial after she refused to pay an out-of-court s...

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CANDLEMASS: 'From The 13th Sun' Album To Be Re-Released On Vinyl

CANDLEMASS' "From the 13th Sun" album, which came out in 1999 and featured mainman/bassist Leif Edling alongside a collection of mostly unknown (outside Sweden) musicians, will be re-released on vinyl via Black Lodge Records. The new LP contains the entire original album plus three extra tracks: "Th...

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CANDLEMASS: Athens Concert Footage Available

Fan-filmed video footage of Swedish doomsters CANDLEMASS performing the song "Devil Seed" on Septemebr 30 at Gagarin 205 in Athens, Greece can be viewed below. The group's setlist was as follows: 01. Marche Funebre 02. The Well Of Souls 03. At The Gallows End 04. Solitude 05. Emperor Of The Void 06....

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Colors

There may have been a few folks that just knew the future would be bright for BETWEEN THE BURIED AND ME upon the release of 2003's "The Silent Circus", but who among you would have thought that phenomenal albums like "Alaska" and now "Colors" would have been on the way? That "Alaska" was not even .....

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PICA FIERCE: New Song Posted Online

Norwegian thrash/death metal band PICA FIERCE has posted a brand new song, "New Beginning", on its MySpace page. The track comes off the quartet's self-titled debut album, which is currently being mixed at Fascination Street Studios (OPETH, KATATONIA, PAIN OF SALVATION etc.) in Sweden for a November...

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OPETH Mainman: 'Drip Drip, From Your Sagging Lip!'

OPETH frontman Mikael Åkerfeldt has issued the following update: "I spent a few days in London and guys... I've met a few very interesting persons, namely the original line-up of COMUS, one of my all time favourite bands. Me and my friend Stefan Dimle (owner of the Mellotronen store) had dinner with...

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CANDLEMASS: New Video Interview With ROBERT LOWE Available

Mestrock.se conducted an interview with CANDLEMASS singer Robert Lowe a few hours before the band's performance at Sticky Fingers in Gothenburg Sweden on September 23, 2007. Watch the six-minute clip below. High-quality photos from the gig can be found at this location. A four-minute video interview...

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OPETH To Support DREAM THEATER In North America

Swedish metallers OPETH will support DREAM THEATER on the prog-metal giants' next North American tour in April/May 2008. More details will be announced soon. OPETH will release the "The Roundhouse Tapes" double CD in the U.S. on November 20 via Peaceville Records. The set will be issued in Europe on...

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BLIND GUARDIAN Frontman To Guest On New AYREON CD

AYREON, the brainchild of Dutch guitarist/composer Arjen Lucassen, has posted an audio sample of the next guest singer who will appear on the band's upcoming album, tentatively due late 2007/early 2008: BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch. Other vocalists scheduled to appear on the CD include Steve...